Adaptation, Adaptive Capacity and Vulnerability.

Smit, B., & Wandel, J. (2006). Adaptation, Adaptive Capacity and Vulnerability. Global Environmental Change, 16(3), 282-292.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2006

Volume

16

Issue

3

Pages

282-292

DOI

10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2006.03.008

DOI registrant

Elsevier

Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2006.03.008

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public_administration_policy, systems_cybernetics

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• Adaptive Capacity
  • . Climate adaptation (IPCC framework) distinguishes vulnerability = exposure + sensitivity − adaptive capacity; adaptation policy explicitly invests in capacity-building at national and sub-national levels. Organization theory (March's ambidexterity #418, Cohen-Levinthal's absorptive capacity #422, learning organizations, resilience engineering from Hollnagel and Woods) operationalizes organizational adaptive capacity. Engineering and safety-critical systems employ graceful degradation, redundancy design, self-healing infrastructure based on adaptive-capacity principles. Evolutionary biology treats evolvability as genome-level adaptive capacity—the capacity to generate useful variation; Wagner and Kirschner-Gerhart's facilitated variation models how biological systems evolve mechanisms producing variation efficiently. Development economics examines national capacity to absorb shocks through reserves, diversification, and institutional quality. Public health builds surge capacity and pandemic-preparedness infrastructure. Cybersecurity designs defensive adaptive capacity—ability to detect and respond to novel threats

    This sourceSmit-Wandel agility vs. adaptive capacity organizational distinction.

• Vulnerability Decomposition
  • Name the stressor — a defined storm-surge event — and factor.

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